What the Friek

I just passed up a Abyss at $12 for a Odell Friek at $20 (though I do already have 2 Abyss). Anyone have any thoughts on this guy? I've never had it, but it was the last on the shelf, and it sold out in a day. That makes me think that it must at least be something worth having, but it is hard to imagine why this cost more than an Abyss. Hopefully it is as good as Deconstruction, which is great with a few years on it. I am really thinking age is the way to go with this one. Thoughts?

Had Friek at the Savor Beer DC event two years ago. By far my favorite beer at that event (my bro's as well). You chose wisely. Not sure if it was aged at all prior to the event, but all I know is it was delicious. Very jealous right now.

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Just had it on tap and there was a lot of cherry and raspberry. I thought it wasn't too sour, but had more of a tart taste from the fruit. I enjoyed it, but could see it maybe getting a little more funky and sour and less sweet as time goes on.

$16 seems to be the standard price, which is more than I want to spend for it in the first place. So $20 is definitely very high. That said, its a good beer and worth trying. I'd have overpaid that once and given it a try, I like trying stuff.

What I find frustrating is I looked to if see this beer was on tap around me so I wouldn't have to buy a full bottle,, it wasn't so went and finally grabbed a bottle. Within that week it finally started hitting taps around town.

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Almost bought a bottle of this, but I'm glad I didn't. Had it on tap and was really disappointed, tasted watered down to me, still pretty good, but nowhere near what I was expecting. Would love to try it again because I always think there's a chance something happened somewhere down the line that held it back from what it should really taste like, but at the prices it's going for that's a hard sell.

Better fresh. Still pretty good with time but I put away a batch 1 and compared it to batch 2 when it was last released, the freshness of the berries was kind of lost on it. The fruit doesn't hold up as well as say a Cantillon. 20$ for not being bought in Denver, doesn't seem way out of line. I wish all of Odell's specialty stuff was cheaper, but Friek is the only one I don't even think twice about dropping the cash on. Good beer.